English Reception/Year 1 Autumn Significant Authors
Reimagining the ordinary
Spark imaginations with Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis and Billy’s Bucket by Kes Gray and Garry Parsons. Explore sentence building and punctuation, writing labels and signs.
Not a stick (suggested as 5 days)
Group Learning
Exploring and Playing
- Small world
- Stick maths
- Stick painting
- Sticky pictures
You Will Need
Essential texts
Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis
Billy's Bucket (suggested as 5 days)
Lesson Planning
Group Learning
Exploring and Playing
- Small world
- Maths
- Octopus and jellyfish
- Fact finding!
You Will Need
Essential texts
Billy’s Bucket by Kes Gray and Garry Parsons
Sticks and Leaves (suggested as 5 days)
Lesson Planning
Group Learning
Exploring and Playing
- Autumn nature/sensory
- Leaf art
- Leafy maths
- Seasons sorting
You Will Need
Essential texts
Stick Man by Julia Donaldson
Not a stick by Antoinette Portis
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert